# Retrieve Information from a Facebook Search

To retrieve information from Facebook by performing a search, create a new fetch task by following these steps. The connector runs fetch tasks automatically, based on the schedule that is configured in the configuration file.

To create a new fetch task

1. Stop the connector.
2. Open the configuration file in a text editor.

3. In the `[FetchTasks]` section of the configuration file, specify the number of fetch tasks using the `Number` parameter. If you are configuring the first fetch task, type `Number=1`. If one or more fetch tasks have already been configured, increase the value of the `Number` parameter by one (1). Below the `Number` parameter, specify the names of the fetch tasks, starting from zero (0). For example:

       [FetchTasks]
       Number=1
       0=FacebookSearch

4. Below the `[FetchTasks]` section, create a new TaskName section. The name of the section must match the name of the new fetch task. For example:

       [FetchTasks]
       Number=1
       0=FacebookSearch

       [FacebookSearch]

5. In the new section, ensure that you have set the parameters required to authenticate with Facebook. The OAuth configuration tool (described in Configure OAuth Authentication) creates a file that contains these parameters, and you can include them in the connector's configuration file using the following syntax:

       [FacebookSearch] < "oauth.cfg" [OAUTH]

   For more information about including parameters from another file, see Include an External Configuration File

6. In the new section, set the following configuration parameters:

   `ProxyHost` | The host name or IP address of the proxy server to use to access Facebook.
   `ProxyPort` | The port of the proxy server to use to access Facebook.
   `LuaConfigureScript` | The name of the Lua script to use to retrieve information. Set this parameter to `configure_facebook_search.lua`.
   `Query` | The query to use to search Facebook.
   `Type` | The type of search to perform to retrieve information from Facebook. Set this parameter to one of the following values: To search for people, set this parameter to `User`. To search for pages, set this parameter to `Page`. To search for events, set this parameter to `Event`. To search for groups, set this parameter to `Group`. To search for places, set this parameter to `Place`.
   `MaxResults` | The maximum number of search results to retrieve and index.

7. If you set the parameter `Type` to `Place`, set the following parameters to configure the region of interest:

   `Latitude` | The latitude of the center of the region of interest.
   `Longitude` | The longitude of the center of the region of interest.
   `Distance` | The radius of the region of interest, in meters.

8. Save and close the configuration file.

   You can now start the connector.

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